Headlight.



R. D. n J. C. BWEN.

HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27. 1909.

,j @Jggg Patented June 20,19%

lmeral 1v designates the truck of an ordinary' ROBERT DAVID EWEN AND JAMES CALDER-EWEN, DE' WHQTEFISH, MONTANA.

HEADLIGHT. v

speeieation of Letters raient. patented June 20, i911,

Application led August 27, 1909. Seri-a1 No. 514,956.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT Devin 'EWEN and JAMES CALDER EwEN, citizens of the United States, residing. atv Whitesh, in

the county of Flathead an'd State of Montana, have invented new and useful linprovem-ents in Headlights, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices .for automatically operating headlights for electric cars', locomotives, and

such other vehicles wherein a light is used 'upon the face of the smoke box to be readily opened so as to provide free access to the said smoke box.

Y With the above, and other obj ects` in View, which will appear as the description progresses, 'the invention resides in the novelv construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the `accompanying drawings,there has 4been illustrated asimple and preferredv embodiment lof the invention, and in which the figure is a perspective view of the` device in Vits vapplied position upon the truck of aJ railway locomotive.

In the accompanying drawing the nu locomotive supporting the wheels 2 and being provided with the usual bolster 3. The bolster 3, inthe present instance, is p rovided with upstandingmemb'er et, to which is secureda substantially rect-angular frame 5. The member ,4 is centrally connected with the rear transverse member 6 of the said frame 5, while connected with the forward transverse member 7' of the said frame is a projecting member 8, preferably Acylindrical in cross section and having its upper portion provided with ears 9. The member 8 is preferably enlarged adjacent its point of connection of its earsj)A as designated bythe numeral 10 and this enlargement adapted to serve as a bearing whereby the said post 8 is connected with the face 11 of the smoke box 12 through the medium of suitable eyes 13. The longit-udinal members 14. of the frame 5 are each constructed of aA pair of members suitably connected together through the medium of resilient elements 1i. By this arrangement, it will be noted that any jar or shock imparted'to the bolster 3 1s entirely compensated for by the.

said resilient members 15, but, at the same time the tension of the said members 15 is great enough to rotate the rodl 8 when the truck 1 travels upon a curve.

The smoke box 12 is provided with the usual opening 1G which is normally closed through the medium of the usual-door 17. The door 17 of the usual construction of locomotive is of a concavo-convex formation, and in order to provide for this peculiar construction the ears uponl the post 8 have removably connected therewith a curved link 1S corresponding to the contour ot' the saiddoor 17. The opposite end of the said link 18 is providedwith an eye having a pivotal connection with ears 19l secured lupon a post extension 2O carrying a headlight or lamp 21 and which is mounted in suitable spaced brackets or eyes 22.

vBy reference to the figure of the drawing it' will be noted that a pair of these eyes are employed, and positioned between these eyes is a suit-able collar member 23 connected with the post extension 20 through the medium of a detachable element 24:. rlhe `member 21 is removablyI connected with the. post extension 20, and by providing the collar 23, it will be noted that the said extension may be readily removed from the eyes 22 after thelink 18 has beenl disconnected from the ears 19 thereof. It will be further noted that either the retaining elements 9 or 19 may be readily removed so that the curved link 18 may be swung or separated from the members 8 or 20, so that the door 17 may bereadily opened and access to lthe interior of the smoke box 12 may be obtained.

From the above description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawingv it will be noted that we have provided a comparatively simple and thoroughly eiiicient device for the purpose intended, and while we have illustrated and described .the prei'erred embodiment of the invention, as itnew appears te us. 'minor details of construction, Within the scope of the following claim may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

The combination with a locomotive hav' `frame being resilient, the outer member of l the frame being provided with an upstanding member, an eye upon the smoke boX of the locomotive supporting the said member, a curved link removably connected with the member, said link being of a contour corresponding with the shape of the biilging door of the locomotive, the upper portion oit the locomotive being formed with spaced eyes, a rotatable member mounted within the said eyes and having its lower eXtension removably connected with the curved link, a collanoonnected with this member and positioned between the eyes, and aheadlight Carried by the said member.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses. f

ROBERT DAVID EWEN. JAMES ACALDERV EWEN. lVitnesses:

J. F. MCFARLANE, JOHN MUNRo. 

